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A change in emphasis in the discourse of the humanities and social sciences reflecting a recognition (beyond the academic bounds of history itself) of the importance of historical context and historical processes. This has included the new historicism in literary theory, ethnohistory, and historical sociology. One of several turning points identified in the evolution of these disciplinary discourses; it is seen as having followed the rhetorical turn.